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I found (and bought) a book called "A descriptive phonology of Thaqovelith" but when I search thaqovelith on the internet, I find nothing except the reference to that book. It was published in 1980 so I believe that it wasn't extinct then. Does anyone have any information on this? It says it's an African language.

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  • I assume you are referring to Gregory Paul Shaltz Jr's PhD dissertation? I searched Springer, ResearchGate, Academia.edu, JStor and ERIC and found no other mentions except for that dissertation. I also couldn't find out where Gregory Paul Shaltz can still be reached. – Tsundoku Aug 04 '16 at 15:45
  • Yes I am. It has an ISBN number written in the book, but when I search it up, it comes up empty. No book. (Same thing with my book on Korfball :P ) – Qiangong2 Aug 04 '16 at 16:04
  • It is available in a few university libraries, so I can get it if I want to. But what we need is more recent information, since the language could have disappeared at some point in the last 36 years. – Tsundoku Aug 04 '16 at 16:06
  • All I really want to know is if it actually still exists or not. It's an unusual book to have though :) – Qiangong2 Aug 04 '16 at 16:36
  • Welcome to Language Learning! It seems like you're trying to determine whether this language is extinct or not; however, this isn't directly related to the topic of language learning, as nowhere in your question do you state that you are looking to learn this language. Therefore, I think this question might be better received on Linguistics.SE. I've voted to close the question as off-topic. – fi12 Aug 04 '16 at 17:01
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    @fi12 Sorry, I did not realize there was a linguistics stack exchange – Qiangong2 Aug 04 '16 at 17:40
  • @Qiangong2 no problem :) – fi12 Aug 04 '16 at 17:49
  • Although the question is on hold, I'd like to add that I could not find the language in Compendium of the World's Languages (2 vols., ed. G. L. Campbell, 1991) or in Die Sprachfamilien der Welt (2 vols., ed. Ernst Klausen, 2013). – Tsundoku Aug 06 '16 at 17:17
  • @ChristopheStrobbe Could the language be known as Thaqovelith to the locals and something else to everyone else? – Qiangong2 Aug 08 '16 at 15:05
  • That is not unusual and definitely possible. Does Shaltz' dissertation say where the language is spoken or which language family it belongs to? – Tsundoku Aug 08 '16 at 16:21
  • I'm away at the moment, but I think it says Northeastern algeria – Qiangong2 Aug 08 '16 at 17:32
  • That makes sense. According to TermSciences, Thaqovelith is a Berber language (or dialect?). Some other Berger languages also have names ending on -it: Tashelhit, Taqbaylit, Tamaziɣt, etc. – Tsundoku Aug 09 '16 at 09:12
  • @ChristopheStrobbe I reposted this here: http://linguistics.stackexchange.com/questions/19322/is-this-language-extinct where the question is more relevant – Qiangong2 Aug 09 '16 at 18:37

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